Billiard-cue tip



July 17, 1928. 1,677,282

T. W. GUTHRIE ET A1. f

BILLIARD CUE .TIP

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Patented July 17, 1928.

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THOTv'IAS WHYTE GUTI-Il't-IE,V OF SOUTHEOR'I, ENGLAND, AND CRERAR GUTHRIE, OEr YOKER, GLASGOXV, SCOTLAND.

BILLIARD-C'E TIP.

n Application filed Detober 22, i927, Serial No. 228,068, and in Great Britain November 12, 1926.

This invention of an improved billiard cue tip comprises and is made up of six different part-s, namely lst tip, 2nd leatherwasher, 3rd felt washer, 4th thinible, 5th holder and 6th holder screw. In the accompanying drawings, Fig. l'shows a section and Fig. 2 an elevation of the cue and tip. The thimble 4 and holder 5 consists of two tubes each having an inward turned flange to hold tip l while the bottom end of the holder is-screwed inside so as to be The tip 1 leather washer 2 and 'felt washer 3 are inserted into the thiinble 4 and'pushed up un-V til the shoulder of the tip is pressed against the top inward lange of the thiinble. rhe thimble is then placed on tothe tip-end of cue which is turned down to lit the inside oi' the -thimble The holder 5 is slipped over the thinible and screwed down to the holder screw 6 which is iixed on the turned end oi' the cue.

l. In a billiard cue, a tip, a shoulder on said tip, an inner tube, an outer tube embracing the Vinner tube, flanges on bot-h tubes engaging the shoulder on the tip, means forr cushioning the tip against the end of the cue, and means for fixing the outer tube With the cue in such manner as to draw the tip against the end of the cue with the cushioning' means between for fastening the tip to the cue. 2. In a billiard cue a tip, a shoulder o said tip, a reduced end tothe cue, an inner tube embracing said reduced end, angouter tube embracing -said inner tube, inturned flanges on both tubes engaging said shoulder, resilient washers for cushioning the tipv against the end of the cue, a screw thread carried by the cue,a co-acting thread on the outer tube for drawing the tip towards the end of the cue and fastening the said tip to the cue.

THOMAS VHYTE GUTHRIE. CRERAR GUTHRE. 

